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Election Day sees changes in New Jersey and beyond
Voters and poll workers, Ramapo students and staff included, turned out to the polls on Nov. 7 for Election Day. Even though this was considered an “off-year” election because there was no big draw at the top of the ticket, some key issues were decided nationwide. In New Jersey, the entire state legislature was up for election, which included all 40 State Senate seats. Bergen County reported a 29.5% voter turnout with more than 196,000 votes cast.
Women’s soccer bear defeat against Stockton
Ramapo’s Women’s Soccer team took to the field against Stockton University on Sunday, losing 4-1. This puts the Roadrunners at 2-11-1 overall and 0-7-1 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). The Ospreys quickly took the lead in this game early with back-to-back goals in the third and fourth minutes of the game by Erica Dietz and Logan Shaw. 20 minutes into the game, Dietz scored again, bringing the score to 3-0.
Back after 18 months - 44Cup sets sail next week in Slovenia Original
Back after 18 months - 44Cup sets sail next week in Slovenia by Jessica Gray 14 May 22:12 PDT 19-23 May 2021 Following a huge effort on the part of the local organisers in Slovenia, the class, as well as the owners and teams arriving from the four corners of the globe, the 44Cup season will fire up again next week at the 44Cup Portorož.
44Cup 2021 debuts in Cowes and Scarlino
44Cup 2021 debuts in Cowes and Scarlino by Jessica Gray 25 Jan 22:10 PST 11-15 August 2021 After a rollercoaster year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 44Cup is ready to launch into 2021 with two new venues and a full fleet of nine boats. The 44Cup will debut in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, UK, over the 11 to 15 August for event three of the 2021 season followed by the Italian resort of Marina di Scarlino for event four on 6 - 10 October.
Refocussing on 2021, as this season's 44Cup is cancelled
Refocussing on 2021, as this season's 44Cup is cancelled by Jessica Gray 21 Aug 18:33 PDT 22-26 April 2020 Lively downwind legs saw several broaches in the big wind and waves - 2019 44Cup Palma © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio The owners and Organising Authority of the 44Cup have today made the final decision to cancel the remaining two events of the 2020 season. This is due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic which this year has brought much of the sporting world to a standstill.
New venue announced for 2020 44Cup season - The fleet will join Cowes Week
New venue announced for 2020 44Cup season - The fleet will join Cowes Week by Jessica Gray 21 Jan 08:07 PST 22-26 April 2020 RC44 Portoroz Cup fleet © Nico Martinez / MartinezStudio The 2020 season is set for the 44Cup and for the first time the ultra-competitive one design owner-driver RC44 fleet will join one of the oldest and most respected regattas in the world, Cowes Week.
New venue announced for 2020 44Cup season - The fleet will join Cowes Week
New venue announced for 2020 44Cup season - The fleet will join Cowes Week by Jessica Gray 21 Jan 16:07 GMT 22-26 April 2020 RC44 Portoroz Cup fleet © Nico Martinez / MartinezStudio The 2020 season is set for the 44Cup and for the first time the ultra-competitive one design owner-driver RC44 fleet will join one of the oldest and most respected regattas in the world, Cowes Week.
2019 44Cup Palma - Overall
2019 44Cup Palma - Overall by Jessica Gray 17 Nov 23:51 PST 14-17 November 2019 Team CEEREF on a screaming downwind leg - 2019 44Cup Palma © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio It was supposed to be a heavyweight bout between Chris Bake's Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika.
2019 44Cup Palma - Overall
2019 44Cup Palma - Overall by Jessica Gray 18 Nov 07:51 GMT 14-17 November 2019 Team CEEREF on a screaming downwind leg - 2019 44Cup Palma © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio It was supposed to be a heavyweight bout between Chris Bake's Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika.
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 3
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 3 by Jessica Gray 16 Nov 14:56 PST 14-17 November 2019 Boat of the day Igor Lah's Team CEEREF - 2019 44Cup Palma © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio If Charisma and Aleph were the stand-out teams yesterday, today, the penultimate day of the 44Cup Palma, belonged to Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. In a return to their 2016-17 season-winning form, the Slovenian team won both of today's races.
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 3
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 3 by Jessica Gray 16 Nov 22:56 GMT 14-17 November 2019 Boat of the day Igor Lah's Team CEEREF - 2019 44Cup Palma © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio If Charisma and Aleph were the stand-out teams yesterday, today, the penultimate day of the 44Cup Palma, belonged to Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. In a return to their 2016-17 season-winning form, the Slovenian team won both of today's races.
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 2
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 2 by Jessica Gray 15 Nov 19:47 PST 14-17 November 2019 44Cup fleet lines up in front of Palma's Catedral-Basílica de Santa María de Mallorca - 2019 44Cup Palma © Martinez Studio / 44 Cup Racing in Palma in November was always going to be challenging not just for crews but especially for race officials more used to racing here in summer, in a sea breeze you can set your watch by. Yesterday racing was canned with the breeze gusting to 40 knots.
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 2
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 2 by Jessica Gray 16 Nov 03:47 GMT 14-17 November 2019 44Cup fleet lines up in front of Palma's Catedral-Basílica de Santa María de Mallorca - 2019 44Cup Palma © Martinez Studio / 44 Cup Racing in Palma in November was always going to be challenging not just for crews but especially for race officials more used to racing here in summer, in a sea breeze you can set your watch by. Yesterday racing was canned with the breeze gusting to 40 knots.
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 1
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 1 by Jessica Gray 14 Nov 08:29 PST 14-17 November 2019 2019 44Cup Palma - Day 1 © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Winds gusting up to 40 knots and a heinous seastate out on the Bay of Palma, kept the 44Cup fleet at the dock on the opening day of the 44Cup Palma. The wind began veering and dropping mid-afternoon but the left-over sea state precluded the deciding round of the 2019 44Cup from getting under way.
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 1
2019 44Cup Palma - Day 1 by Jessica Gray 14 Nov 16:29 GMT 14-17 November 2019 2019 44Cup Palma - Day 1 © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Winds gusting up to 40 knots and a heinous seastate out on the Bay of Palma, kept the 44Cup fleet at the dock on the opening day of the 44Cup Palma. The wind began veering and dropping mid-afternoon but the left-over sea state precluded the deciding round of the 2019 44Cup from getting under way.
Title still wide open going into 44Cup's grand finale
Title still wide open going into 44Cup's grand finale by Jessica Gray 13 Nov 15:54 PST 14-17 November 2019 44Cup Palma 2019 © Martinez Studio / 44 Cup Starting tomorrow is the 44Cup Palma, concluding event of the 2019 44Cup where the overall winner will be decided. At present two teams, Chris Bake's Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika, are top contenders. Team Aqua has been a late riser having won the last two events, starting with the RC44 World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden in July.
Title still wide open going into 44Cup's grand finale
Title still wide open going into 44Cup's grand finale by Jessica Gray 13 Nov 23:54 GMT 14-17 November 2019 44Cup Palma 2019 © Martinez Studio / 44 Cup Starting tomorrow is the 44Cup Palma, concluding event of the 2019 44Cup where the overall winner will be decided. At present two teams, Chris Bake's Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika, are top contenders. Team Aqua has been a late riser having won the last two events, starting with the RC44 World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden in July.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Overall: Team Aqua win with a race to spare
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Overall: Team Aqua win with a race to spare by Jessica Gray 6 Oct 14:07 PDT 3-6 October 2019 Despite the brutal conditions, the racing remainded exceedingly close today - 44Cup Cascais © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Whether it is in big waves or small, gale force or sub-10 winds, Chris Bake's Team Aqua has shone this week and as a result today won the 44Cup Cascais with a race to spare.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Overall: Team Aqua win with a race to spare
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Overall: Team Aqua win with a race to spare by Jessica Gray 6 Oct 22:07 BST 3-6 October 2019 Despite the brutal conditions, the racing remainded exceedingly close today - 44Cup Cascais © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Whether it is in big waves or small, gale force or sub-10 winds, Chris Bake's Team Aqua has shone this week and as a result today won the 44Cup Cascais with a race to spare.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 3: Russian bears wake up
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 3: Russian bears wake up by Jessica Gray 5 Oct 13:33 PDT 3-6 October 2019 Big, painful, badly positioned broach for Team Nika during their first kite hoist today.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 3: Russian bears wake up
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 3: Russian bears wake up by Jessica Gray 5 Oct 21:33 BST 3-6 October 2019 Big, painful, badly positioned broach for Team Nika during their first kite hoist today.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 2: Team Aqua shows her golden wheels form
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 2: Team Aqua shows her golden wheels form by Jessica Gray 4 Oct 13:56 PDT 3-6 October 2019 Thanks to the swell the horizon was moving throughout the day and made it changing for helmsman and trimmers alike - 44Cup Cascais © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio At the halfway stage of the 44Cup Cascais, Chris Bake's Team Aqua has joined Nico Poons' Charisma at the top of the leaderboard and is even ahead on countback.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 2: Team Aqua shows her golden wheels form
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 2: Team Aqua shows her golden wheels form by Jessica Gray 4 Oct 21:56 BST 3-6 October 2019 Thanks to the swell the horizon was moving throughout the day and made it changing for helmsman and trimmers alike - 44Cup Cascais © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio At the halfway stage of the 44Cup Cascais, Chris Bake's Team Aqua has joined Nico Poons' Charisma at the top of the leaderboard and is even ahead on countback.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 1: Charisma and Team Aqua stride ahead
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 1: Charisma and Team Aqua stride ahead by Jessica Gray 4 Oct 04:28 BST 3-6 October 2019 Charisma en route to her resounding victory in race two - 44Cup Cascais © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio In contrast to their tail end of the fleet finish in Marstrand in July, Nico Poons and Charisma showed the way around the race track on the opening day of the 44Cup Cascais, posting a most respectable 2-1-2.
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 1: Charisma and Team Aqua stride ahead
2019 44Cup Cascais at Porto Montenegro - Day 1: Charisma and Team Aqua stride ahead by Jessica Gray 3 Oct 20:28 PDT 3-6 October 2019 Charisma en route to her resounding victory in race two - 44Cup Cascais © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio In contrast to their tail end of the fleet finish in Marstrand in July, Nico Poons and Charisma showed the way around the race track on the opening day of the 44Cup Cascais, posting a most respectable 2-1-2.
44Cup Cascais just out of Lorenzo's reach
44Cup Cascais just out of Lorenzo's reach by Jessica Gray 2 Oct 14:49 PDT 3-6 October 2019 Practice racing today took place in brisk conditions off Cascais. © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio The annual 44Cup pilgrimage to the Portugese sailing mecca of Cascais is being held this week with racing for the high performance one design monohulls taking place over Thursday to Sunday, 3-6 October off the northern shore of the Tagus estuary.
44Cup Cascais just out of Lorenzo's reach
44Cup Cascais just out of Lorenzo's reach by Jessica Gray 2 Oct 22:49 BST 3-6 October 2019 Practice racing today took place in brisk conditions off Cascais. © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio The annual 44Cup pilgrimage to the Portugese sailing mecca of Cascais is being held this week with racing for the high performance one design monohulls taking place over Thursday to Sunday, 3-6 October off the northern shore of the Tagus estuary.
44Cup World Championship 2019 - Overall
44Cup World Championship 2019 - Overall by Jessica Gray 13 Jul 22:36 BST 9-13 July 2019 2019 44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Chris Bake's Team Aqua © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Holding an eight point advantage going into the final day, and then doing enough to hang on, enabled Chris Bake's Team Aqua to be crowned the 44Cup Marstrand World Champions for 2019.
44Cup World Championship 2019 - Overall
44Cup World Championship 2019 - Overall by Jessica Gray 13 Jul 14:36 PDT 9-13 July 2019 2019 44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Chris Bake's Team Aqua © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Holding an eight point advantage going into the final day, and then doing enough to hang on, enabled Chris Bake's Team Aqua to be crowned the 44Cup Marstrand World Champions for 2019.
44Cup World Championship - Day 3
44Cup World Championship - Day 3 by Jessica Gray 12 Jul 14:41 PDT 9-13 July 2019 Star performer of day three - Chris Bake's Team Aqua - 44Cup World Championship © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio After a marginal forecast left the nine strong 44Cup fleet parked at the dock until 1300, the Swedish wind gods came good allowing four races to be held in 8-12 knots on the penultimate day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019.
44Cup World Championship - Day 3
44Cup World Championship - Day 3 by Jessica Gray 12 Jul 22:41 BST 9-13 July 2019 Star performer of day three - Chris Bake's Team Aqua - 44Cup World Championship © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio After a marginal forecast left the nine strong 44Cup fleet parked at the dock until 1300, the Swedish wind gods came good allowing four races to be held in 8-12 knots on the penultimate day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019.
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 2
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 2 by Jessica Gray 11 Jul 10:01 PDT 9-13 July 2019 No wind on the water meant the 44Cup fleet remained at the dock today - 44Cup Marstrand World Championship, Day 2 © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and unfortunately today was the latter for day two of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019. At the skippers briefing in the morning PRO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio kept the crews ashore.
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 2
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 2 by Jessica Gray 11 Jul 18:01 BST 9-13 July 2019 No wind on the water meant the 44Cup fleet remained at the dock today - 44Cup Marstrand World Championship, Day 2 © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and unfortunately today was the latter for day two of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019. At the skippers briefing in the morning PRO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio kept the crews ashore.
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 1
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 1 by Jessica Gray 10 Jul 12:59 PDT 9-13 July 2019 Aleph Racing's Hugues Lepic won Adris 44Cup Rovinj in June, his first 44Cup victory after seven years in the class - 44Cup World Championship © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio The opening day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019 was one of exceptional sailing conditions in 15 knot winds, under brilliant sunshine and usually on top of a short, sharp chop making for an exhilarating, if wet...
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 1
44Cup Marstrand World Championship - Day 1 by Jessica Gray 10 Jul 20:59 BST 9-13 July 2019 Aleph Racing's Hugues Lepic won Adris 44Cup Rovinj in June, his first 44Cup victory after seven years in the class - 44Cup World Championship © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio The opening day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019 was one of exceptional sailing conditions in 15 knot winds, under brilliant sunshine and usually on top of a short, sharp chop making for an exhilarating, if wet...
Temperature rising off Marstrand as 44Cup World Championship starts tomorrow
Temperature rising off Marstrand as 44Cup World Championship starts tomorrow by Jessica Gray 9 Jul 15:10 PDT 9-13 July 2019 Full foam-up off Marstrand in practice racing today - 2019 44Cup World Championship © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Highlight of the 44Cup season, the World Championship sets sail tomorrow in Marstrand, the sailing mecca on the west coast of Sweden.
Temperature rising off Marstrand as 44Cup World Championship starts tomorrow
Temperature rising off Marstrand as 44Cup World Championship starts tomorrow by Jessica Gray 9 Jul 23:10 BST 9-13 July 2019 Full foam-up off Marstrand in practice racing today - 2019 44Cup World Championship © Pedro Martinez / Martinez Studio Highlight of the 44Cup season, the World Championship sets sail tomorrow in Marstrand, the sailing mecca on the west coast of Sweden.
Hotly-contested 44Cup World Championship starts next week
Hotly-contested 44Cup World Championship starts next week by Jessica Gray 4 Jul 07:03 BST 9-13 July 2019 Incredibly close racing coming into the top mark 2018 © MartinezStudio.es Next week nine RC44 teams, from six nations, will compete in the Swedish sailing mecca of Marstrand for the hotly-contested 2019 44Cup World Championship title. The top boat over the season so far, after two light wind events in the Adriatic, is two time 44Cup champion Igor Lah and his Team CEEREF, but only just.
Hotly-contested 44Cup World Championship starts next week
Hotly-contested 44Cup World Championship starts next week by Jessica Gray 3 Jul 23:03 PDT 9-13 July 2019 Incredibly close racing coming into the top mark 2018 © MartinezStudio.es Next week nine RC44 teams, from six nations, will compete in the Swedish sailing mecca of Marstrand for the hotly-contested 2019 44Cup World Championship title. The top boat over the season so far, after two light wind events in the Adriatic, is two time 44Cup champion Igor Lah and his Team CEEREF, but only just.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Overall
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Overall by Jessica Gray 3 Jun 00:12 BST 30 May - 2 June 2019 This morning Hugues Lepic's Aleph Racing scored their third bullet out of four races, increasing their five point lead at the day's start to a massive 10. Ultimately a fourth place in today's second and final race handed the French team victory at the Adris 44Cup Rovinj. This was a considerable step up from their third to last place at the first 44Cup event of the season in Montenegro in April.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Overall
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Overall by Jessica Gray 2 Jun 16:12 PDT 30 May - 2 June 2019 This morning Hugues Lepic's Aleph Racing scored their third bullet out of four races, increasing their five point lead at the day's start to a massive 10. Ultimately a fourth place in today's second and final race handed the French team victory at the Adris 44Cup Rovinj. This was a considerable step up from their third to last place at the first 44Cup event of the season in Montenegro in April.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 3
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 3 by Jessica Gray 1 Jun 14:36 PDT 30 May - 2 June 2019 Tight competition coming into the weather mark - Adris 44Cup Rovinj, Day 3 © MartinezStudio.es While conditions seemed similar to yesterday with a light northwesterly, results on day three of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj demonstrated how fortunes between the slippery, high performance RC44 one design monohulls and their ultra-competitive crews can change in a heartbeat.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 3
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 3 by Jessica Gray 1 Jun 22:36 BST 30 May - 2 June 2019 Tight competition coming into the weather mark - Adris 44Cup Rovinj, Day 3 © MartinezStudio.es While conditions seemed similar to yesterday with a light northwesterly, results on day three of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj demonstrated how fortunes between the slippery, high performance RC44 one design monohulls and their ultra-competitive crews can change in a heartbeat.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 2
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 2 by Jessica Gray 31 May 13:28 PDT 30 May - 2 June 2019 Team Aleph was the epitomy of consistency today and lowest scoring boat - Day 2, Adris 44Cup Rovinj © MartinezStudio.es After yesterday's multi-faceted single race, conditions settled down with a 10-12 knot northwesterly allowing three races to be held on the second day of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 2
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 2 by Jessica Gray 31 May 21:28 BST 30 May - 2 June 2019 Team Aleph was the epitomy of consistency today and lowest scoring boat - Day 2, Adris 44Cup Rovinj © MartinezStudio.es After yesterday's multi-faceted single race, conditions settled down with a 10-12 knot northwesterly allowing three races to be held on the second day of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj
As Peninsula Petroleum tactician, America’s Cup winning helmsman Ed Baird observed: “There was a lot going on everyone had a taste of the lead and everyone had a taste of not leading.” After a southeasterly had developed enough to cause the fleet to be called out of their berths in ACI Marina Rovinj, the wind died, but the race officials spotted an area of northerly breeze up the race track and setting up within this were successfully able to lay on a single race.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 1
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 1 by Jessica Gray 30 May 12:11 PDT 30 May - 2 June 2019 Local heroes Team CEEREF led going into the Adris 44Cup Rovinj and won today's one race © MartinezStudio.es A difficult opening day of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj saw just one race completed and a worthy winner in Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. But perhaps never in the history of the 44Cup have so many different teams led during one race.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 1
Adris 44Cup Rovinj - Day 1 by Jessica Gray 30 May 20:11 BST 30 May - 2 June 2019 Local heroes Team CEEREF led going into the Adris 44Cup Rovinj and won today's one race © MartinezStudio.es A difficult opening day of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj saw just one race completed and a worthy winner in Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. But perhaps never in the history of the 44Cup have so many different teams led during one race.
Adris 44Cup Rovinj
As Peninsula Petroleum tactician, America’s Cup winning helmsman Ed Baird observed: “There was a lot going on everyone had a taste of the lead and everyone had a taste of not leading.” After a southeasterly had developed enough to cause the fleet to be called out of their berths in ACI Marina Rovinj, the wind died, but the race officials spotted an area of northerly breeze up the race track and setting up within this were successfully able to lay on a single race.
44Cup star attraction of Rovinj 5-star hotel launch
44Cup star attraction of Rovinj 5-star hotel launch by Jessica Gray 29 May 11:58 PDT 30 May - 2 June 2019 Practice racing today in rainy conditions - Adris 44Cup Rovinj © Nico Martinez / MartinezStudio For the nine teams due to set sail tomorrow in the Adris 44Cup Rovinj there have been two distractions today the torrential rain, forecast to depart the Istrian Peninsula before the start of racing tomorrow, and the ancient, densely spaced terracotta-roofed buildings and giant baroque basilica...
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